Volume 5: King of the Mountain Chapter 252: National Crisis
Aidan (Prince of Alterac): "How does it feel to be a character in the story?"
Lachidanan (Knight Captain): "The first feeling is that I am afraid of death. I could die easily before. I could be a brave man again 24 hours later. Now, if I die once, it's all over. I always feel that there are dangers everywhere. Another feeling is that I finally feel alive. It's exciting!"
Razidanan clung to the side of the boat, looking at the unfathomable sea below with lingering fear.
Murphy couldn't help but laugh after hearing this, he knew this feeling very well, having only one life and no chance to start over would make people feel like they were really taking an adventure in this world. This was .
However, being able to have a name of your own, no longer being that background board, struggling and fighting for survival, and experiencing the thrilling moment between life and death, are things that adventurers and those players who play with free templates cannot experience.
At this time, Darkseid also walked out of the cabin.
He stretched his waist while walking.
Darkseid (Prince of Alterac): "Morning, Aidan. We should be able to reach Southshore today. How is it? How does it feel to be home?"
Aidan (Prince of Alterac): "It's a bit complicated. It's strange, isn't it? It's just a game, but it can really make people feel like they're back home."
"I don't think it's strange. Modern society lacks that kind of family atmosphere. Especially for our generation, most of us are only children. We live alone after we grow up. How can we be like the Alterac royal family, a super big family with more than 30 brothers? It's so lively, hahahaha."
As Darkseid was talking, he started laughing first. No one knew what funny thing he was thinking of.
Murphy also smiled. It was true. To him, brothers and sisters were completely unfamiliar concepts. Now he had more than thirty cheap brothers, which was quite warm to think about.
After laughing for a while, the relationship between the two became a little closer.
"So the Horde is really attacking Alterac? Which orc clan is it?"
"It's the Frostwolf tribe led by Durotan. They were appointed by Orgrim as the northern legion of the tribe and sent north to open up a new battlefield. But I guess they are here to seek refuge because there were almost no battles along the way.
Only after arriving in Alterac did they launch a large-scale attack on several castles on the border of the kingdom.
We have studied the map, and judging from the castles they have captured, their target should be Alterac Valley. It seems that they are preparing to settle here, just like in history."
It turned out to be the Frostwolf Clan, Murphy suddenly realized. This was not surprising. In history, the Frostwolf Clan had left the tribe because they did not want to participate in the war between the Horde and the Alliance, and ran to Alterac to hide. Unexpectedly, history was restored again this time.
However, there are still some differences between the two. Historically, the Frostwolf Clan was equivalent to a traitor to the Horde and acted alone. After leaving the Horde, they hid from place to place, trying to avoid conflicts with the Alliance, and finally settled down in the Alterac Mountains.
But this time, the Frostwolf Clan obtained the support of Orgrim. After entering Alterac, they did not hide from the army of the Kingdom of Alterac, but chose to fight head-on.
Aidan (Prince of Alterac): "Then what did you do? Gather an army to fight them. You have more than 30 heroes and so many lords, but you can't defeat a small Frostwolf tribe? The Frostwolf Clan only has tens of thousands of people, right?"
Darkseid shook his head helplessly: "Damn, you make it sound so easy. You are just a small Frostwolf tribe. Do you think our Alterac is a military power? Our kingdom only has tens of thousands of soldiers, and you even let thousands of navy run away with you.
Moreover, the orcs' fighting power is quite fierce. The combat power of a single soldier completely crushes the Alterac infantry. We really fought, and assembled more than 20,000 troops to confront the Horde army head-on under Jackdaw Castle. In the end, we were defeated miserably, and the Knights of the North Wind were almost wiped out.
Their Frostwolf Knights are very fierce. Not only are they powerful in combat, but even if the knight's mount dies, they can still fight independently. The minimum level of Frostwolf infantry is 30+, while our kingdom's infantry are all around level 20. How can we defeat one enemy when there is two of us?
And even though we have a lot of heroes, the other side also has a lot of heroes, and their levels are all very high, especially those epic heroes, Durotan, Drek'Thar, and Broxigar Saurfang. It was a complete massacre. Three of our brothers died in the first encounter, and the rest ran away when they saw that things were not going well.
When I saw it, I ran after it.
And then it collapsed.”
Darkseid looked frightened, as if he was still traumatized by the war.
"What about father? Didn't he go to the battlefield?"
"Don't mention that old guy . He never went to the battlefield at all."
Murphy was speechless after hearing this, but he was not surprised. King Aiden was not a hero. He was the first person in history to defect to the Horde. The Horde was defeated at the city of Lordaeron, and King Aiden became a typical idiot who defected to the National Army in 1949.
Strictly speaking, the Frostwolf Clan is not a particularly powerful clan in the Horde camp. It cannot be compared with big clans like Warsong and Blackrock. Unfortunately, the Kingdom of Alterac is also at the bottom of the Alliance camp.
The area is vast and sparsely populated, with a total of only 30,000 regular troops. The individual combat effectiveness of the soldiers is not as good as that of the orcs. The only thing they rely on is probably the Highlanders who can adapt to the cold climate, which is a geographical advantage.
But the Frostwolf Clan's ancestral home, Frostfire Ridge in Draenor, also has a plateau climate of ice and snow. Therefore, the Frostwolf orcs are very adaptable to the cold climate of the Alterac Mountains and have no worries about acclimatization.
This meant that the Kingdom of Alterac had no desire to fight the powerful Orc Northern Legion, and could only hide in the castle and hold out.
Alas, it is indeed a weak country. Murphy was speechless.
The Storm Kingdom was fighting against the Horde's million-strong army. Although it was always at a disadvantage, it was able to fight back and even fought several beautiful battles.
Damn, they don’t even dare to fight against a Frostwolf clan in Alterac. How shameful.
"Then you can gather adventurers."
"The Frostwolf clan also has adventurers, and there are too many of them, all of whom want to follow Thrall."
Murphy immediately remembered, yes, Durotan is Thrall's father, who is Thrall? Everyone who has played World of Warcraft knows that he is the chieftain of the new tribe, the world's thrall.
It was Thrall who led the Horde through a seemingly endless series of trials, removed the curse of demon blood from the orcs, resisted the Burning Legion's attack on Mount Hyjal, and defeated the terrible Lich King.
When Deathwing returned and tore the world apart, Thrall stepped down from his position as Warchief of the Horde and joined the Earthen Ring, a powerful shaman organization, in an attempt to pacify the elements and stop the Destroyer.
Finally, he joined forces with the four guardian dragons, and with the dragon soul in hand, he defeated Deathwing with one shot...
It is basically equivalent to the orc version of Long Aotian.
The Frostwolf Chieftain Durotan is Thrall's biological father.
Aidan (Prince of Alterac): "So Thrall has started the war now?"
Darkseid (Prince of Alterac): "He didn't participate in the war. Judging from the comments of the players of the Frostwolf Tribe on the forum, he should still be a child."
"But I remember he should still be a baby now?"
"Who knows? Maybe it's because orc children grow fast, and it's said that fel energy can promote growth. Anyway, now countless tribal players have followed the Frostwolf Tribe. Although their levels are still relatively low, there are too many of them.
Now the Frostwolf Tribe has begun to build its main city in the Ice Wolf Plains. Once the main city is built, a novice village will be generated. At that time, orc adventurers will spawn continuously. At that time, with the small population of Alterac, we will be in danger of extinction.
You don't want Alterac to be destroyed, right? So we must unite all our forces and wipe out the Frostwolf Tribe in one fell swoop, or at least demolish their main city."
Murphy thought to himself that of course he didn't want his country to be destroyed. Once Alterac was destroyed, he, the prince, would be gone too.
Originally, he was somewhat unhappy that Darkseid came to call him back, but now he deeply realized that this time it was no joke.
Suddenly the horizon appeared ahead of him, and the steeple waiting for him.
It's Nanhai Town! Murphy's heart moved, he finally got home.
